Genus TORNATELLA, Lamarck. 
THE TORNATELLA. 
Generic characters. Shell convoluted, ovate, cylindrical, 
generally transversely striated ; aperture oblong, entire, some- 
what effuse at its base ; one or more folds upon the columella ; 
right lip thin, sharp, never having a varix. 
Animal unknown, operculum horny. 
Testa convoluta, ovato-cylindrica, sepius transversim striata, apertura 
oblonga, integra ; margine exteriore acuto. Columella basi uni vel pluri- 
plicata. 
Operculo ovato, corneo. 
The species of this genus are all marine, and convolute; they 
are almost always transversely striated; they are generally oval, 
cylindrical, spire more or less projecting and obtuse; aperture 
elongated, often narrowed at its posterior part, widened and 
somewhat effuse at its base; folds of the columella varying from 
one to three: they are generally thick and obtuse. 
1.TORNATELLA FLAMMEA, Guru. The Brocade Tornatella. 
(Collect. Mass. Lam.) List., Conch., t. 814, fig. 24. 
Pl. I, fig. 1. 
T. testa crassa, ovali, alba, ventricosd, transversim striata ; lineis longi- 
tudinalibus undatis, subrubris; spira conoided; apertura oblonga ; colu- 
mella uniplicata. 
Shell thick, ovate, inflated, white, covered with transverse 
strie and: longitudinal waving reddish lines, often divided into 
three portions in their length. Spire conoid, canaliculated, 
